>I do the same thing. If I dont' read, I will still be wide awake at 3:00am. If a book is really good though I may find myself still awake at 3:00am. Typically I start to nod off after about an hour to an hour and a half of reading though. I usually get 5-6 hours of sleep a night. It's been that way since my daughter was born.

And it's all "beauty sleep" :-)

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>>>>>Woke up and can't fall asleep. Before 3am I will try to fall asleep, after that I just give up and have a very early breakfast and read. It's just a trick but if I fight these occassional fits of insomonia, I feel exhausted, but if I go with the flow it's not so bad.
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>>>>>3am is morning before before is the middle of the night.
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>>>>Sometimes, when stuck into a good book, I'm reading till past 3 am! :-)
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>>>I haven't done that since I was a kid. My eyes get too tired now even if I had the will.
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>>I read till I go over the same section again and again, then realise I haven't taken it in. Then I put down the book and drop off immediately. Otherwise I'm a life-long semi-insomniac. I'm more or less indefatiguable.